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How To Create A Dug Out Survival Shelter

Dugout houses make you invisible to trouble such as wild animals, and they also naturally stabilize heat, serving as your protection. Various stories will tell us about how people survived by living in pit-houses. Even soldiers who were away on war lived in a dugout for some time. This survival shelter is flexible for any kind of situation. With the proper design and structure, it will help you survive. In order for you to create a dugout in case SHTF, we share a helpful survival life guide.

Dugout Survival Shelter | A Survival Life Guide

Scan for the Perfect Spot

You’re going to be digging a lot so make sure the soil is not very sandy because it could break apart easily. Look for a ground where the soil holds together firmly. Avoid building around bodies of water. You might accidentally create a hole allowing the water to flow in your dugout house.

Look for Materials

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Aside from your survival kit, you need something strong and sharp to break the ground and a shovel — or you can make use of your hands for digging. Make sure you have a sharp material for cutting branches or scout for available ones scattered in the area. Collect leaves or debris as your roofing material.

You’re going to dig a lot so expect to get all worked up. Dig a furrow about 8 to 10 feet deep or until space is big enough for you and your company to fit in. Make sure to leave a slope or space as your entrance and exit pathway.

Roofing

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Put in logs or branches over the furrow you made. Also, add enough leaves and debris to cover it all up. This will serve as a camouflage for your dugout shelter, keeping you safe from the elements. Your entrance and exit pathway must remain uncovered for a quick escape in times of risk or even serve as a space for your bonfire.

Watch this video by Chandan Lahiri and learn to make a sand dugout in case a sandstorm hits your location:

During a pressing situation, a dugout shelter can be your best bet for survival. This temporary housing is quite easy to build while you’re out in the wilderness. Sure, you’ll get worked up as you dig for your temporary home but a dugout shelter can be a great option to protect you from all the elements outdoors.

Have you tried building a dugout shelter before? How was your experience? Let us know in the comments section below!

This was absolutely the stupidest thing I’ve seen on your site Besides the crappy content a dugout is usually in the side of a hill, mountain, or even a hummock. What a load of horse doo-doo. I’m scared to even read the next article

moronic… from the pics….. that is certainly not “dugout”. I knew I was reading a millenial version when one pic proudly showed one of those oh so stupid and mindless toy “spinners” sitting on top of gear….. on top of that…. use your hands to dig a dugout or trench in clay????? really????? obviously….. this city boy has never dug anything with his hands…… that is 3 minutes that I will NEVER get back….

People if you want educated rest of us, do it properly and with knowledge. This time on DUG OUT theme you made BOO-BOO like having constipation! DUG OUT is dig out not lean-too……Use writer with practical experiences in craft not wannabes Try not insult our intelligence by publishing idiotic b.s. by intellectually challenged, who have no clue what they write. Some DUG OUTS are fantastic homes in ground learn how to. One more b.s. story like this one I will no longer open your mail. Amateurs.

what is your purpose? Need Cover (protection from bullets)or concealment(to not be seen) that’s just camouflage. Find a depression, and lay in it, instant slight protection. As time allows look for a location which provides you some observation of the area, and dig in a good foxhole dig a trench next to it to sleep in, One sleeps, one observes. as time allows build overhead cover if you are not interested in cover and concealment in a cold climate dig in, in a tropical climate sleep off the ground.

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